Shoe-heel



' A. VANBLOM.

SHOE HEEL.

. APPLIC .12, 1919- 1,347,422. Patented July 20, 1920.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

ALBERT VANBLOM, OF ROCKFORD; ILLINOIS.

SHOE-HEEL.

Patented July 20, 1920.

Application filed February 12. 1919. Serial No. 276,517.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT VANBLOM, a citizenof the United States, residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebagoand State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements inShoe-Heels of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a novel construction of heels for shoes andthe principal object of the invention is to provide means for making theheel detachable from the shoe.

Among other features the invention includes a rotatable plate secured tothe stationary part of the heel and engaging lugs carried by the movablepart of the heel to hold the two parts of the heel together, with meansfor rotating the plate to disengage it from the lugs when it is desiredto remove the heel from the shoe.

The invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1is a view of a portion of a shoe supplied with my invention, with partsbroken away.

Fig. 2 is a top view of the upper riser with the locking plate thereon.

Fig. 3 is a view of the second riser.

Fig. 4 is a View of the washer plate.

Fig. 5 is a View of one of the lugs and its washer.

Fig. 6 is a view of the wrench used with the device. 7

In these views 1 indicates the shoe and 2 the heel. The bottom of theshoe forming the heel is provided with the recess 3 through which accessmay be had to the recessed heel. This recess may be closed by a suitableplug when the shoe is in use. p

The heel 2 is formed of the risers 4 which may be formed of leather,rubber or the engagement with the slotted lugs.

like. The top riser 4 is recessed on its upper face to provide a flange5 around its edges. Holes 6 pass through this riser and the flange sothatthe riser may be nailed to the shoe. The locking plate 7- providedw1th the projecting parts 8 is located in the recess in the riser and ispivoted to said rlser by the pin 9 which passes through the plate andthe riser. Thus the plate may have rotary movement in said recess. Thisplate is provided with a pair of holes 10 which are adapted to beengaged by the forked end 11 of the wrench 12 which pass through therecess 3 in the bottom of the shoe when it is desired to rotate theplate. The plate is normally held against movement by a pair ofsprings1-3 secured to the flange 5 of the top riser and engaging slots14 in the plate 7. The top riser 4: is provided with a plurality ofholes 15 which passes upwardly into the bottom of the recess. Theseholes are adapted to receive the lugs 16 which are carried by the secondriser 4*. These lugs pass through holes formed in the second riser andare secured therein by means of the washers 17 engaging the upper faceof the second riser and the washer plate 18 engaging the bottom face ofthe second riser. The washer plate is secured tothe lugs by upsettingthe ends of the lugs after they are passed through the holes in saidwasher plate. It will be seen that the lugs are so located that theypass in to the holes 15 when the parts are placed together. The heads ofthe lugs are provided with the slots 19 which are engaged by theprojecting portions 8 of the locking plate when the plate is turned into locking position. The other risers are secured to the second riser inthe usual way so as to make a complete heel.

It will thus be seen that the heel may be easily and quickly attachedand detached from the shoe by rotating the plate 7 to bring itsprojecting parts into and out of I may bevel the edges of the projectingportions 8, as shown at 8, when desired to make a close fit of the heelwith the shoe.

What I claim is The combination with a shoe, of a sta tionary risersecured thereto and provided 'With a recess, and having holes in itslower part communicating With said recess, a rotatable plate pivoted insaid'recess, projec- 5 tions on the edges of said plate, a heel part,slotted lugs carried thereby and extending through the holes into therecess and a spring carried by the stationary riser and engaging a partof the plate for holding the projections thereon in engagement with 16the slots in said lugs. .r

In testimony whereof I aflix'my signa- V ture.

ALBERT VANBLOM.

